Quotes from Denise Hunter

I love you so much, Shay Brandenberger. I want you to be my wife because you choose to be, not because of some cockamamie accident. I want to love you the rest of your life. I want to be a father for Olivia . . ." He reached out and palmed the side of her belly, a tiny smile hitching up his lips. "A father for our child.

Healthy couples can weather brutal storms and come out stronger on the other side. This is how relationships grow and deepen. 

It was kind of cool. That God cared so much about both of them. That He took two hurts and spread His healing touch over both of them with one simple stroke.

When I can't trust others and I can't trust myself, I can always trust God.

Well... our God is a God of miracles. He set the stars in the sky, created every living being, and parted the sea.

He does that again, I'll knock him into tomorrow." "We haven't even left the church parking lot. Didn't you hear Pastor's message?" "Didn't Beau?" Between them, Olivia chuckled. "He was loving his neighbor, all right." Shay smothered a laugh, then glanced at Travis. He looked torn between anger and humor. "Yeah, well, he'd better find another neighbor to love. This one's my wife.

I'll keep you safe, Kate. Both of you. I promise.

His heart stirred with a yearning desire. Desire to protect her, desire to hold her and love her.

I'll be good to her, Mama Jo. I'll make her happy, I swear it. I'll be the best flipping husband there ever was.

It's not the how, Maddy, It's the Who.

All this time he'd thought it was her feelings for Stephen that kept Meridith at arm's length. But Stephen was gone, and still she held back. He'd seen the look in her eyes. She'd been putty in his hands when he'd touched her. And then a wall had come up, shutting him out. What gave? And equally as baffling, how had Meridith, in two and a half months, gone from adversary to keeper of his heart?

His locked on hers, steady and intense. 'That was your last first kiss, Josephine Duprey,' he said softly.